Industry Canada has issued RIC-9, Issue 2 (Provisional) Call Sign Policy and Special Event Prefixes, effective October, 2005, to reflect modifications to the International Radio Regulations pertaining to the formulation of call signs for the Amateur Service. The regulation changes result from the decisions of the World Radiocommunication Conference in July, 2003.
For full details of the changes, amateurs may download RIC-9 Issue 2 (Provisional) dated October, 2005 at: strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/insmt-gst.nsf/en/sf02102e.html . Further information will be published in The Canadian Amateur and on the RAC web site.
Debbie Norman VA3RGM General Manager Radio Amateurs of Canada Inc. 720 Belfast Rd, Suite 217 Ottawa, ON K1G 0Z5 1-877-273-8304 www.rac.ca
"RIC-9" is a PDF file, so you'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader (also free) to read it.
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